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OF SIR THOMAS NORRAY.
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At feastis and brydallis wp aland
he wan the gre and the garland
Dansit non so on deift
he hes att werslingA bein ane huwder
3et lay his body neu<?r at wnder
he knawis giff pis be leift
Was never vyld Robein wnder bewch
nor ^et Roger off clekniskleuch
So bauld a berne as he
Gy off gysburne na allan bell
Na simonis sonnes off quhynfell
At schot war never so slie
This anterouft knycht quhar ever he vent
At lusting and at tornamewt
eumnor he wan the gre
was neu^r off halff so gryt renowne
bewis the knycht off southe hawptowne
I schrew him giff I le
Thairfoir (Que)netyne was bot a lurdane
(That callit him ane full) pluw lurdane
(This wyse and worthie knyc^t)1
5] (He) callit him fowlar pan a full
he said he was ane licheruft bull
That croynd bait^ day and nyc^t
He wald heff maid him curris kneff
I pray god better his honour saiff
Na to be lychtleit sua
3et pis far furt/z I dar him praift
he fyld never sadell in his dais
and curry befyld tua
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1 These, lines are worn away, and are suppliedfrom the Reidpeth MR.
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At feastis and brydallis wp aland
he wan the gre and the garland
Dansit non so on deift
he hes att werslingA bein ane huwder
3et lay his body neu<?r at wnder
he knawis giff pis be leift
Was never vyld Robein wnder bewch
nor ^et Roger off clekniskleuch
So bauld a berne as he
Gy off gysburne na allan bell
Na simonis sonnes off quhynfell
At schot war never so slie
This anterouft knycht quhar ever he vent
At lusting and at tornamewt
eumnor he wan the gre
was neu^r off halff so gryt renowne
bewis the knycht off southe hawptowne
I schrew him giff I le
Thairfoir (Que)netyne was bot a lurdane
(That callit him ane full) pluw lurdane
(This wyse and worthie knyc^t)1
5] (He) callit him fowlar pan a full
he said he was ane licheruft bull
That croynd bait^ day and nyc^t
He wald heff maid him curris kneff
I pray god better his honour saiff
Na to be lychtleit sua
3et pis far furt/z I dar him praift
he fyld never sadell in his dais
and curry befyld tua
20
25
30
35
40
45
1 These, lines are worn away, and are suppliedfrom the Reidpeth MR.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (27) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/107620132 |
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| Shelfmark | SCS.STES2.7 |
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| Description | Containing poems by Sir Richard Maitland, Dunbar, Douglas, Henryson, and others / edited by W.A. Craigie. 2 volumes. Volume 1 contains the complete text of the Maitland folio manuscript from the original in the Pepysian library, Magdalene college, Cambridge, and Volume 2, a full description of the manuscript, together with textual notes, vocabulary, and other relevant matter. |
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| Shelfmark | SCS.STES2.7, 20 |
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| Description | A collection of over 100 Scottish texts dating from around 1400 to 1700. Most titles are in Scots, and include editions of poetry, drama, and prose by major Scottish writers such as John Barbour, William Dunbar, Gavin Douglas, and George Buchanan. Edited by a key scholarly publisher of Scotland's literary history, and published from the late 19th century onwards by the Scottish Text Society. Available here are STS series 1-3. |
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